"the song now called ""Tonight"". Although it was not industry standard at the time, Nixon arranged to receive a small percentage of the royalties for sales of the soundtrack, which, as she did not receive credit for her performance on the album, she indicates helped ""salve any wounds"". All music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Vocal performers listed parenthetically after song title. West Side Story (soundtrack) West Side Story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film ""West Side Story"". Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's album charts, giving it the"
"West Side Story (soundtrack) West Side Story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film ""West Side Story"". Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's album charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's ""Thriller"", on the grounds that ""West Side Story"" was listed on a chart for stereo albums only at a time when many albums were recorded in mono. In 1962, it won a Grammy award for ""Best Sound Track Album – Original Cast"" and Johnny Richards orchestrations of the"
"Side Story"". ""West Side Story"" is a contemporary version of ""Romeo and Juliet"", set in Hell's Kitchen. The show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, marked the first collaboration between Robbins and Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics, as well as Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book. Because book, music, and dance were envisioned as an organic whole, the cast, in a Broadway first, had to be equally skilled as actors, singers, and dancers. To help the young cast grow into their roles, Robbins did not allow those playing members of opposite gangs (Jets and Sharks) to mix during the rehearsal"
"Tribune"" on September 27, 1957: The other reviews generally joined in speculation about how the new work would influence the course of musical theater. Typical was John Chapman's review in the ""New York Daily News"" on September 27, 1957, headed: ""West Side Story a Splendid and Super-Modern Musical Drama"". ""Time"" magazine found the dance and gang warfare more compelling than the love story and noted that the show's ""putting choreography foremost, may prove a milestone in musical-drama history ..."" The score for ""West Side Story"" was orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal following detailed instructions from Bernstein, who then"
"Brittany Snow and Drake Bell. West Side Story (film) West Side Story is a 1961 American romantic musical tragedy film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C., in Super Panavision 70. Released on October 18, 1961, through United Artists, the film received high praise from critics and viewers, and became the second highest"
"West Side Story (film) West Side Story is a 1961 American romantic musical tragedy film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare's play ""Romeo and Juliet"". It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris, and was photographed by Daniel L. Fapp, A.S.C., in Super Panavision 70. Released on October 18, 1961, through United Artists, the film received high praise from critics and viewers, and became the second highest grossing film of the year"
"Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was ""one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."" His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for ""West Side Story"", ""Peter Pan"", ""Candide"", ""Wonderful Town"","
"Somewhere (song) ""Somewhere"", sometimes referred to as ""Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)"" or simply ""There's a Place for Us"", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical ""West Side Story"" that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody,(actually is a quote from the cello and bass line in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, 17 bars from the end.) and also a longer phrase from the main theme of"
"Sid Ramin Sidney Norton Ramin (born January 22, 1919) is an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer. Born in 1919, Ramin is the son of Ezra Ramin, a window trimmer, and Beatrice D. (Salamoff) Ramin. He has orchestrated many television, film, and theatrical productions. He also composed the theme and lyrics for ""Smile, You're on Candid Camera"" of the hidden camera television program ""Candid Camera"" in the 1960s. In his early years, Ramin frequently collaborated with arranger Robert Ginzler, most notably on """". With Leonard Bernstein and Irwin Kostal, he co-orchestrated the music for ""West Side Story"". He is the composer"
"West Side Story heard a sampling of what the Stan Kenton Orchestra had done to their score, they were disappointed that they had not thought to ask the band to play on the soundtrack. Johnny Richards's arrangements of ten of the famous play's melodies are alternately dramatic and tender with plenty of the passion displayed by the characters in the story. Soloists include altoist Gabe Baltazar, veteran tenor Sam Donahue and trumpeter Conte Candoli, but it is the raging ensembles that are most memorable about the classic recording. This CD reissue is highly recommended."" Note Kenton's West Side Story Kenton's"
"West Side Story, George M, Fiddler On The Roof, Bye Bye Birdie. Film: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (DisneyToon Studios), The Little Richard Story, The Ultimate Auction. Recordings: WICKED (as Elphaba [guide vocals] Stage-Stars Karaoke), HAIR (Sh-K-Boom Records), Longing For A Place Already Gone (Laura Bell Bundys debut album), Fine and Dandy (PS Classics), Folkzinger (with Christine Lavin), Last Day On Earth (for composer Lance Horne), Wedding Plans (for composer Georgia Stitt) and Broadway By The Year 1978 Original Cast Album (to be released in 2009). Julie has sung in concert with/for prolific composer Stephen Schwartz, pop great Neil"
"Two years later, Waldman's co-arrangement of the ""West Side Story"" song ""Somewhere"", on Barbra Streisand's ""The Broadway Album"", won a Grammy. Waldman has been Streisand’s pianist for over 30 years and is featured on many of her albums, movies, and live performances. In the 1990s, Waldman worked on the soundtracks for numerous films including ""Forrest Gump"", ""The Bodyguard"", """", and ""Titanic"". He also worked with numerous artists over the course of his career including Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Beyoncé, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Olivia Newton-John, Barry Manilow, Ray Charles, The Stylistics, Michael Bublé, Quincy Jones,"
"Saul Chaplin Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of ""An American in Paris"" (1951), ""Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"" (1954) and ""West Side Story"" (1961). Following education at New York University's School of Commerce, where he studied accounting, Chaplin joined the ASCAP and started out penning tunes for the theatre, vaudeville and for"
"Jimmy Bryant (singer) James Howard Bryant (born June 2, 1929) is a singer, arranger and composer. He is most well known for providing the singing voice of Tony (played onscreen by Richard Beymer) in the 1961 film musical ""West Side Story"". While he received no screen credit, he states that Beymer was ""a nice guy, and every time he did an interview he would mention my name."" He also sang for James Fox in the 1967 film musical ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", and sang in ""The Telephone Hour"" number in ""Bye Bye Birdie"". He also sang in the group that performed"
"Westside Story (song) ""Westside Story"" is the debut single by American rapper and West Coast hip hop artist the Game. The song was produced by both Dr. Dre and Scott Storch, and was co-written by Mike Elizondo, Dre, Storch, the Game and 50 Cent. It was released in 2004 as the lead single from Game's debut studio album ""The Documentary"". The song debuted at #99 and peaked at #93 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It was an airplay-only release, thus no music video for the song was made. Rolling Stone's review of the album described this song as ""a kind"
"uses elements of another ""West Side Story"" song, ""I Feel Pretty"", and the album version uses elements of ""One Hand, One Heart"" spoken by Chris Lowe. Somewhere (song) ""Somewhere"", sometimes referred to as ""Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)"" or simply ""There's a Place for Us"", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical ""West Side Story"" that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody,(actually is a quote"
"composers included the Massachusetts native and conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, known for his works ""Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs"", ""Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion"", ""Chichester Psalms"", and the musicals ""On the Town"" and ""West Side Story"". Another major composer was Elliott Carter, whom John Warthen Struble claimed would likely be remembered as ""the most significant of the mid-20th century... composers [because he] reconceived and restructured the fundamental language of Western art music in evolving his powerful personal style... his music has earned immense respect from colleagues of virtually every esthetic stripe, as well as three generations of"
"dubbed into other languages. All of them were released on DVD by Kultur Video (half of them in 2013). Around the time he was appointed music director of the New York Philharmonic, and living opposite Carnegie Hall at The Osborne, Bernstein composed the music for two shows. The first was for the operetta ""Candide"", which was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman based on Voltaire's novella. The second was Bernstein's collaboration with the choreographer Jerome Robbins, the writer Arthur Laurents, and the lyricist Stephen Sondheim to produce the musical ""West Side Story"". The first three had"
"Tonight (1956 song) ""Tonight"" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956. It was introduced in the Broadway musical ""West Side Story."" The movie version, featuring vocals by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), finished at #59 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher (#8 pop, #2 easy listening) and Eddie Fisher, whose version narrowly missed the Top 40. Shirley Bassey recorded"
"Tonight (1956 song) ""Tonight"" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956. It was introduced in the Broadway musical ""West Side Story."" The movie version, featuring vocals by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), finished at #59 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher (#8 pop, #2 easy listening) and Eddie Fisher, whose version narrowly missed the Top 40. Shirley Bassey recorded"
"West Side Story, which was localized and whose background was utilized. For the performance, Hong Kong conductor Henry Shek (石信之) led the Hong Kong New Phihamonic Symphonic Orchestra (香港新愛樂交響樂團), at the seashore of Hong Kong Cultural Centre. In November 2002, Wong planned to hold his debut concert in Hong Kong Coliseum. After completing being under the contract to Universal, he became a indie musician. Consequently he issued an album called ""Existence"" (我在存在). In 2005, Wong was served as the music supervisor for musical ""Akapi Shooting Incident"" (亞卡比槍擊事件) by CRHK Sammy and Kitty (森美小儀) as well as contributing a couple of"
"Township, Pennsylvania. He passed away at the age of 94 on August 16, 2011, at his home in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Charles Jaffe (conductor) Charles Jaffe (1917 – August 16, 2011) was an American conductor and musical director, after starting out as a violinist with the Curtis String Quartet in Philadelphia. As musical director of ""West Side Story"", he was nominated for a Tony Award in 1964. Jaffe was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began his career at the age of 5 when he played solo violin with the Philadelphia Women's Symphony. He was admitted to the Curtis Institute"
"West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast) is the 1957 recording of a Broadway production of the musical ""West Side Story"". Recorded 3 days after the show opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, the recording was released in October 1957 in both mono and stereo formats. In 1962, the album reached #5 on Billboard's Pop Album chart. It certified gold by the RIAA on January 12, 1962. The album was reissued in 1973 and made its first appearance on CD in 1986. A 1997 remastered edition is coupled with an orchestral suite named “Symphonic Dances"
"from the dream sequence and says that's not the rumble he had in mind. Tonight Quintet The ""Tonight Quintet"" is a number from the musical ""West Side Story"" (1957), with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Carol J. Oja has written that, ""with the 'Tonight' quintet, Bernstein once again created a masterpiece of ensemble, one that rivals the best of such moments in European opera."" Her remark echoes the earlier view of Will Crutchfield. In his review of the 1984 studio performance of ""West Side Story"", which was conducted by Bernstein himself, Crutchfield wrote that the release"
"West Side Story"". Notwithstanding their respective billing, West Side Story devotes relatively little space to Tjader's – or any – improvisation, and thus remains notable, more as an early showcase for Fischer's arranging and orchestral prowess, and as the first recorded document of the pair's longstanding association. In January 1961, having approached this ""West Side Story"" adaptation with few expectations, ""High Fidelity""'s reviewer was pleasantly surprised: ""Billboard"" concurred, citing Fischer's work in particular: A highly polished and feelingful musical interpretation of ""West Side Story"" is the latest LP by Cal Tjader. The music has been specially arranged by Clare Fischer"
"wrote revisions on their manuscript (the original, heavily annotated by Ramin, Kostal and Bernstein himself is in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at Columbia University). Ramin, Kostal, and Bernstein are billed as orchestrators for the show. The orchestra consisted of 31 players: a large Broadway pit orchestra enhanced to include 5 percussionists, a guitarist and a piano/celesta player. In 1961, Bernstein prepared a suite of orchestral music from the show, titled ""Symphonic Dances from West Side Story"": Recordings of ""West Side Story"" include the following: The 1961 film adaptation of the musical received praise from critics and the public,"
"lyrics for a musical version of ""The Exception and the Rule""; according to Robbins, Bernstein would not work without Sondheim. When Sondheim agreed, Guare asked: ""Why haven't you all worked together since ""West Side Story""?"" Sondheim answered, ""You'll see"". Guare said that working with Sondheim was like being with an old college roommate, and he depended on him to ""decode and decipher their crazy way of working""; Bernstein worked only after midnight, and Robbins only in the early morning. Bernstein's score, which was supposed to be light, was influenced by his need to make a musical statement. Stuart Ostrow, who"
"Film Festival. W. G. Snuffy Walden William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born February 13, 1950) is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. Walden is an Emmy Award winner for the theme music to ""The West Wing"" (NBC), has been nominated for numerous Emmys throughout his career, and has received 26 BMI Awards. Walden was born in Louisiana on February 13, 1950, and raised in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston in 1967. In college he studied science and math, and he put himself through school working on a"
"Tonight Quintet The ""Tonight Quintet"" is a number from the musical ""West Side Story"" (1957), with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Carol J. Oja has written that, ""with the 'Tonight' quintet, Bernstein once again created a masterpiece of ensemble, one that rivals the best of such moments in European opera."" Her remark echoes the earlier view of Will Crutchfield. In his review of the 1984 studio performance of ""West Side Story"", which was conducted by Bernstein himself, Crutchfield wrote that the release of the recording ""is above all an occasion for celebrating one of the great"
"W. G. Snuffy Walden William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born February 13, 1950) is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. Walden is an Emmy Award winner for the theme music to ""The West Wing"" (NBC), has been nominated for numerous Emmys throughout his career, and has received 26 BMI Awards. Walden was born in Louisiana on February 13, 1950, and raised in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston in 1967. In college he studied science and math, and he put himself through school working on a late-night radio"
"Henry Krieger Henry Krieger (born February 9, 1945 in New York City) is an American musical theatre composer. He most notably wrote the music for the Broadway shows ""Dreamgirls"" (1981, with lyrics and book by Tom Eyen), ""The Tap Dance Kid"" (1983), and ""Side Show"" (1997). He was nominated for the Tony Awards for Best Score for both ""Dreamgirls"" and ""Side Show"", won a Grammy Award for the cast album of ""Dreamgirls"" and received three Academy Award nominations for the songs he wrote for the 2006 film. Born in New York City, Krieger grew up in White Plains and Ossining"
"Lady Diana Spencer. In 1984, Leonard Bernstein decided to re-record the musical ""West Side Story"", conducting his own music for the first time. Generally known as the ""operatic version"", it starred Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollmann as Riff, and Marilyn Horne as the offstage voice who sings ""Somewhere"". Te Kanawa was the first of the singers to join the project, and said at the time ""I couldn't believe it ... This was music I'd grown up with, music I'd always wanted to sing."" The album won a Grammy Award for Best"
"Robert Wason By Eileen Farrell By Ghost Train Orchestra By Roland Hanna By Vic Juris By Bob Levy By Dave Liebman By Mundell Lowe By Marian McPartland By Diana Robinson By Bob Rockwell By Ben Sidran By Frank Sinatra By Marlene VerPlanck Alec Wilder Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer. Wilder was born in Rochester, New York to a prominent family; a downtown building (at the ""Four Corners"") bears the family's name. As a young boy, he traveled to New York City with his mother and stayed at the Algonquin Hotel."